GREEK. Archaic Greek Silver Coinage: The Asyut Hoard. Martin Price and Nancy Waggoner (London, Vecchi, 1975). Hardcover with dust jacket, 32 plates, 25.5 ? 19 cm. The standard reconstruction of the dispersed Asyut Hoard, one of the most important finds for the study of early Greek silver coinage, recording a major deposit of approximately 900 archaic silver coins discovered in Egypt in 1969 and painstakingly reassembled in scholarly form after dispersal through the documentation of some 500 pieces in London together with further surviving groups elsewhere. A fundamental reference for archaic Greek silver series, hoard evidence, and comparative numismatic research. Ex libris David Miller numismatic library. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the book is in VG condition. From the personal reference library of David Allen, a well known numismatist, formed over more than 50 years and used as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work.

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